The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack to be named is jack merritt, killed while running a prisoner rehabilitation conference to which his assailant was invited. His father paid tribute to the 25 year Old Cambridge graduate, calling him a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. His attacker, usman khan, was released from prison last year after serving eight years for islamist terrorism. Previously he told the bbc he was not an extremist. All the Community Knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, terrorist, this, that, they will know im no terrorist. Tonight, there are questions about why khan was released and how closely he was being monitored. Also on the programme rail passengers face another rise in fares as parts of the network prepare for weeks of strike action. And england and wales find out who theyll face in the euro 2020 football championships. Good evening. One of the victims of y
And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilijune. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, Benedicte Paviot and bonnie greer stay with us for that. Good evening. One of the victims of yesterdays terror attack has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near London Bridge. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spiritual always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisone
An average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilithjune. Good evening. One of the victims of the London Bridge attack has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near the scene. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his k
Time. A british woman, who developed severe hypothermia in a snowstorm, is brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. After 22 years and millions of train journeys, Virgin Trains will no longer be running one of britains is used railroads. Im here at londons euston rail station to talk about what the changes might mean for passengers stopping passengers. Another premier League Manager gone. Everton have sacked marco silva. He leaves after 18 months in the job, with the club in the premier League Relegation zone. And i am outside here in salford trying to give you a little bit of colour to an otherwise dull and damp friday morning. It is mild out at the moment but how does the can pan out . They will have the full details here on breakfast. The forecast. Good morning. Its friday the 6th of december. Our top story for the final time in this Election Campaign, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head tonight in a live televised debate. Their policies a
Rail passenger groups have criticised a decision by Train Companies to increase fares by an average of 2. 7 injanuary. It means some commuters face rises of more than a hundred pounds in the cost of their season tickets. Rail firms say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. Heres our business correspondent, katie prescott. Christmas is coming and for commuters on South Western Railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. So the news that train fares will rise again next year, above the standard rate of inflation, has not gone down well with these passengers in bristol. I think the rail service probably needs to be improved nationwide before they can think about putting up fares. Ive just come over from cambridge and it would have been cheaper for me to go to paris. Todays announcement means many commuters face an increase of more than £100 in the annual cost of getting to work. For example, a season ticket from eastb